This report and accompanying datasets aim to give an initial overview of the scale and nature of the council’s payments to, and business with, the 3rd sector (also known as the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector). It considers the distribution of this business amongst the 3rd sector bodies paid by the council and identifies which services were responsible for this...
The Leeds Directory is a Leeds City Council service which connects people to checked and vetted local services and tradespeople that can support adults to live well. It also contains information on activities that support health and wellbeing. Accessing the API Documentation can be found at: https://www.leedsdirectory.org/swagger/ API Endpoint is here: https://www.leedsdirectory.org/Api Accessing API by...
In May 2017 council's from across the North of England came together to participate in three Local Government Association (LGA) funded Innovation Lab-style workshops in Newcastle, Leeds and Stockport, to focus on promoting healthy lifestyles. Technologists worked alongside service providers and service users and created a number of prototype solutions, some of which can be found here. The winner was Leeds-based...
A dataset providing the background, list of solutions and outcome for the age friendly innovation lab - Transport. The lab was held on Monday 6th July 2015 and commissioned by Adult Social Care, Leeds City Council. Development question How can we make travel information accessible to older people? This includes real time information displays at bus stops, and other information at stops and...
This dataset provides information on local precepting authorities (parishes, charter trustees and Temples) and the amount of council tax collected on their behalf by their billing authorities in the Leeds area, known as a precept, for the financial years 2013-14 and 2014-15. The data is collected from Council Tax Return Forms completed by the local authorities. A process has been undertaken...
A dataset providing the background, list of solutions and outcome for the age friendly innovation lab - Community safety The lab was held on Friday 2nd October 2015 and commissioned by Adult social care, Leeds City Council. Development question How can we use technology to spot and report signs of social Isolation in our communities and neighbourhoods? This could be an app, effective...
A dataset providing the background, list of solutions and outcome for the social housing innovatoin lab. The lab was held on Tuesday 23rd February 2016 and commissioned by Environments and Housing, Leeds City Council. Development question Our goal is to ensure that our service users are re-housed successfully and sustainably. With this in mind, can we develop a contextual search tool that takes...
A dataset providing the background, list of solutions and outcome for the signposting innovation lab. The lab was held on Monday 18th April 2016 and commissioned by Citizens and Communities, Leeds City Council. Development question Sometimes individuals’ needs may be complex and require help, support and intervention from a variety of sources. We want to look at how we can improve access to quality...
A dataset providing a set of information to help practitioners dealing with cases of domestic violence and abuse, including honour based violence and forced marriage. Included are leaflets for distribution to affected clients, as well as risk assessment forms and the process for making a Claire’s Law request. These documents have been published in preparation for a Leeds City Council innovation lab...
